The Daily Populous

Tuesday March 13rd, 2018 night edition

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President Trump asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to step aside after months of disagreement, and has replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.

President Trump spoke March 13, after it was announced he ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and planned to tap CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him.

The shake-up left officials at the State Department and throughout the national security community flummoxed, and the circumstances of the firing were in dispute.

Trump had told his chief of staff he wanted to announce he was replacing Tillerson on Twitter.

Trump also had words of praise for Tillerson despite their well-documented rifts: “Finally, I want to thank Rex Tillerson for his service.

For months, he has been saying Russia clearly meddled in the 2016 U.S. election, even as Trump shied away from any critical remarks.

Where Trump proclaimed on Aug. 21 that “our troops will fight to win,” Tillerson laid out a much more modest agenda. »

Trump fires Rex Tillerson as secretary of state

Authored by bbc.co.uk

US President Donald Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter, naming CIA Director Mike Pompeo as his replacement.

Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, Mr Trump said his differences with Mr Tillerson came down to personal "chemistry".

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Trump says goodbye to Tillerson: 'I like Rex a lot, but we disagreed'. »

Twelve Detroit school principals charged in alleged bribery scheme

Authored by foxnews.com
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To ensure the invoices would be approved, prosecutors claim Sly paid out more than $900,000 in cash, gift cards and checks to school officials.

One of the principals, Ronald Alexander, appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in an episode that aired last month to accept a $500,000 donation from Lowes for Spain Elementary.

The charges aren't related to the home improvement store's donation, which was to go toward renovations, computers and other needs at the school. »

Bill and Melinda Gates think a weaponized disease may be the biggest threat to humanity — here's how worried you should be

Authored by businessinsider.com
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Melinda and Bill Gates have both repeatedly warned that the world is unprepared for an infectious disease outbreak, and experts agree that the risk is high.

The biggest global risk that Melinda Gates can imagine within the next 10 years is "most definitely" a bioterrorism attack.

Bill Gates has repeatedly stated that he sees a pandemic as the greatest immediate threat to humanity on the planet. »

Never get sunburned again with QSun, a wearable gizmo that tracks UV exposure

Authored by digitaltrends.com
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To do this, the clip-on QSun wearable uses advanced sensors to measure UV rays in real time and track your sun exposure.

While it’s doing this, it also calculates how much vitamin D you’ve produced from your sun exposure.

Both of these metrics can be checked from the QSun app, thereby allowing you to keep tabs on your long-term sun exposure and vitamin D history. »